Terms Of Auction

By making bids on this website you are agreeing to the terms and conditions listed below.

15% BUYERS PREMIUM:  
Applied to all lots won.

REGISTRATION & IDENTIFICATION:
At the time of registration, we collect information about you to verify who you are before you can bid. All bidders must be of legal age (18) to bid and if you choose to bid once registered we may contact you by phone to verify your account. We do not require a credit card from bidders, just a confirmed phone number, name and address.

PAYING FOR YOUR PURCHASES:
There is NO COST to register for an auction. When an auction closes, if you are the winner you should get a email for each lot letting you know you won however email is unreliable so you can also check this in your INVOICE HISTORY page. We accept Cash, Debit, Visa, MC, and Interac email money transfer. We do not accept cheques, money orders/drafts or wire transfers of any kind. Please ensure your auctions are paid for by 5:00 p.m. Saturday even if you can not come in to pick up your items you do need to make arrangements to pay for them as our consignors like to get paid for the items the following week. We do have a 10.00 per lot late fee if your items are not paid for on time.

TAXES:
Yes, we must charge taxes. Your invoice has our HST number on it as well. Any company that has gross sales over 30000.00 per year MUST charge 13% HST in ontario on most items. On the rare case we auction items that are tax exempt (such as bullion gold or silver) your invoice will still show the tax and we will manually adjust it at the counter for you. Invoices are printed in advance of picking up your auctions and we do not have a way to process tax exempt / status cards with our system at this time. We do however place our HST number on ALL invoices so if you do have tax exempt status you can claim this back from the government if you wish.

REVIEWING YOUR BIDS:
During an auction you can check the status of your bids at anytime. The website will EMAIL you when you are outbid or the item you are watching is ending but again emails are unreliable so you should watch the auction close or place a larger PROXY bid. Note that no bids can be withdrawn for any reason. We will remove your proxy if you make a mistake but you will hold the winning bid when we remove the proxy so be careful not to enter 170.00 instead of 17.00 as it may be a costly mistake if someone runs you up! All items are sold as is, where is, with all faults. Any items listed as WORKING, NEW IN BOX or GUARANTEED you do have 24 hours to contact us if you get home and find your items do not work, all other items are asis. We deal with a lot of liquidation, store returns, shelf pulls and overstocks and as we all know things that are brand new are not always 100%. We give you 24 hours to let us know if your item has a problem. If you show up to pick up your items you won and feel the items is not as described we will review the item with you and if they were not as described we will take the item back and you do not need to pay for it.   We do NOT Guarantee any item that is not listed as new in box, working or Guaranteed and any of those items only have a 24 hour window from time they are paid to let us know if something is wrong.  If you need more info about an item or lot please open a support ticket and ask.

BIDDING NOTIFICATIONS:
You will be notified by e-mail during the auction if you have been outbid. Please note that outbid notifications may not reach your email inbox in time within the last few hours of the sale.

WINNING NOTIFICATION & INVOICING:
All winning bidders will receive an e-mail shortly after the auction closing for each lot but it is best to log into your account and review the INVOICE page where you can find a complete invoice of all your lots on one page. It takes the system a few hours after the auction close to prepare all the invoices so check back the next day to confirm what you won.

PICKUPS & REMOVALS:
Please check our pickup hours on the contact us page. You have UNTIL SATURDAY at 5pm to pay for your items in person or online. If you require more then 7 days you can make a payment by credit card or interac and we will hold it an additional 7 days (Storage fees will apply). Storage fee (2.00/sq ft per week storage), small items we will usually waive the storage fee as long as they are paid for within the week. If NO payment is received within 3 days we will consider the items abandoned and your account would be suspended and the item would go back up for auction or offered to the previous back bidder (You will still owe the lost revenue if you wish to reactivate your account in the future and a security deposit or credit card). To reactivate your account you would need a valid credit card. If you are over 7 days late paying a 10.00 PER LOT late fee will also be applied starting on day 8 so please make your payment by credit card, interac, email money transfer if you can not pick up your items within the allotted 7 days. Stored items here for more then 60 days we will consider abandoned and either resell, donate or dispose of them and invoice you any costs involved if any are incurred, we will not email or chase after you to pick up your paid for items so please DO NOT forget to come get them.

PICK UP OF LARGE or HEAVY items
Please bring help with you when picking up large or heavy items, our staff can not always assist you with large or heavy items. It is best to bring an extra able bodied person with you for furniture and heavy items. We do have wheel dollies here that you can borrow if needed, just ask.

CONDITIONS OF ITEMS SOLD & OUR ONLINE CATALOG:
Our best efforts are made to represent all items accurately in descriptions and photographs; however, all items are ultimately sold on an ‘as is, where is’ basis, with all faults. We strongly encourage all bidders to ask questions and not assume anything when it comes to auction lots. No responsibility is assumed by us (The auction).

CLAIMS:
No claims regarding goods purchased will be allowed. Bidders are reminded that all goods are sold on an ‘as is, where is’ basis, with all faults. Once the auction has ended the item is yours and falls under your own insurance. We will not be responsible for broken or damaged items after the auction close. 

PERSONAL & PROPERTY RISKS:
We will not be liable for damage or injury to individuals or their property.

ADDITIONS & DELETIONS:
We reserve the right to remove and/or add lots and/or items to the sale at any point during the auction.

BUYERS:
The BUYER expressly agrees to indemnify the owners of amandasauction.ca, the Seller and their assigns harmless from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damage or liability, directly or indirectly caused by or resulting from an act, including the negligent acts or omissions of amandasauction.ca, or anyone acting in his/her behalf in connection with or arising out of auction. All bidders/buyers must be of legal age (18+years).

RESERVE:
Most items start at 5.00 with no reserve. Some items start at 1.00. In the case the face value is higher then 5.00 the auction will start at face value. For example a 50.00 face value coin or bank note that is worth 50.00 will start at 50.00 and not 5.00. We may have reserves on items but in the instance that a item has a reserve bid it will clearly state this in the description. For the most no items will have a reserve. Some may just have a larger starting price such as a Vehicle or a substantially high value item.

AUCTION RECORDS:
In the unlikely event of a dispute, you agree to accept as true the information that we have in our records.

STRATEGY:
We recommend that ALL BIDDERS put in their maximum bid when placing a bid online. This does not mean you will have to pay the amount you bid; you only pay one bid more than the next highest bid, and only up to your maximum bid. The software system will play out the bids as you would at a live auction and only uses the funds required to beat out the under-bidder at the prescribed bid increment. Waiting till the last minute to place your bid can end poorly for you as computers, web servers and the internet experience slow page loads at random times. If you cant get in to place your last minute bid you will loose out.

CATALOG ERRORS & OMISSIONS:
If a description does not match a picture in a lot, the description takes precedence. All items are sold on an ‘as is, where is’ basis, with all faults.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
You expressly understand and agree that the operators and owners of amandasauction.ca shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if the operators and owners of amandasauction.ca  has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the service; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the service; or (v) any other matter relating to the service.

INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold the operators and owners of amandasauction.ca harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

LEGAL COMPLIANCE
You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our service and your bidding on, listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and sale of items.

GENERAL INFORMATION
The operators and owners of amandasauction.ca are governed by the laws of ontario canada without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and the operators and owners of amandasauction.ca agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the Hamilton ontario area. The failure of the operators and owners of amandasauction.ca to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this agreement is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of this agreement remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Service or this agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

ANGRY, RUDE, DISRUPTIVE or UNPLEASANT PERSONS ARE NOT WELCOME
We are friendly people, we like to maintain a happy and enjoyable environment here. If you feel the need to yell at us, make rude comments, make a scene, etc… please do it somewhere else.

Only one bidders account per person

By registering and bidding you are acknowledging agreement with the terms above.

Please do not register for an account here or attempt to bid on this website or in person at our physical location unless you agree to all of these terms. Be registering an account here you are agreeing to these terms.